Free, open-source Photoshop alternative finally enters release candidate testing after 20 years — the transition from GIMP 2.x to GIMP 3.0 took two decades : opensource

[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Why are 50% of the words in this article, covering 20 years of work, about making svgs of icons?

Terrible.

Haven't watched it yet, but DMD has a number of vids covering this, from plugin compatibility to features. Here's the RC1 vid: https://youtu.be/nLjlgHemaco

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Seems like they're still playing catch-up. Photoshop is the only Adobe software I haven't cut out of my life. But it seems I will still be stuck with it for some time.

[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 8 points 3 months ago

Krita is quite far ahead of GIMP at this point. I'm not a pro Photoshop user but if you are and you're looking at alternatives, that's the place to look.

[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Bring out the GIMP

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

Mr Wallace will make you regret that.

[–] mlg@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Still faster than wayland standardization lol

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Frrr

[–] Zier@fedia.io 14 points 3 months ago

They gimp'd along for 20 years but finally arrived. [badum tiss]

[–] rah@feddit.uk 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Free, open-source Photoshop alternative

Groan

[–] silver_wings_of_morning@feddit.dk 11 points 3 months ago

Gimp Is Maybe Photoshop

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago

No GIMP.

Pronounced "Jimp"

[–] yournamehere@lemm.ee 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the more unused whitespace a tool menu has, the better the UX guy! /s

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 5 points 3 months ago

Heh. I understand that all the UX people to join the GnuIMP project have died of shock...

[+] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space -14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Pity about the cringey name.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's an acronym: GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP).

[–] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

yeah but it apparently has some disgusting meaning that I always forget as a non-native english user

[–] andioop@programming.dev 0 points 3 months ago

As a native English speaker I didn't know "gimp" was more than a nonsense word and a lowercase version of this program until your comment. I admit I grew up sheltered and that probably influenced what slang terms, especially unkind ones, I learned about, but otherwise I don't consider myself particularly deficient in the vocabulary department.

Offensive word for someone with a physical disability or leg injury, a stupid person, or (not sure if it's okay in this context) a submissive person in BDSM activities, according to the New Oxford American Dictionary.

[–] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah.

The project name embodies several of the worst aspects of the FOSS community, and none of the best.

It's a shared embarrassment, by association, to many of us.

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